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Saskatoon (and Sask.) Police: Three years of infamy - - maybe some progress?

July 25, 2003: Saskatoon Crime capital of Canada
July 18, 2003: Another assault of a homeless woman
June 12,  2003: Maddin downplays criticism of police union
June 10, 2003: Police discord must be fixed for city's good,  The StarPhoenix Editorial
June 10, 2003: Saskatoon police confirm officer abandoned aboriginal woman in 1976
June 09, 2003: Saskatoon mayor voices frustration with police union
June 05, 2003: Vote reveals lack of confidence in chief: police union
Jun 3 2003: Saskatoon police chief points out systemic gaps
May, 2003: Tisdale rape trial
April 25, 2003: Sabo wants more time with harassment file
March 12, 2003: Low wages and low education in Saskatchewan
Jan. 6, 2003: 14 people charged after Hells Angels raids
Apr 25, 2002: Cop's future depends on outcome of hearing
April 12, 2003: Chief Sabo harrassment stories
Nov. 26, 2002: Keldon McMillan inquest
October 3, 2002: Kevin Montgomery Officer discredits Saskatoon police
June 19, 2002: It took 10 years to clear name: Popowich gets $1.3M settlement
April 23, 2002: Rash of street robberies put city police on alert: Large number of young suspects alarming, police say  
Mar 8, 2002: Saskatoon police chief cleared in hair-touching complaint
Feb. 22, 2002: Server wants incident with chief to go away
Feb. 22, 2002: RCMP accuses FSIN of racism
Feb. 15, 2002: injusticebusters comment on the new chief
Feb 15 2002 : Recommendations will be taken seriously, Chief says ( Wegner inquest)
Feb. 12, 2002: "More for Less" Saskatoon Police Service in denial?
Feb. 2002: The Lawrence Wegner inquest
Feb. 4, 2002: An inquest has been ordered into Bigsky's death
Dec. 10, 2001: Officers to cover ex-cops' legal bills
Nov. 20, 2001: Regina Policeman back on the beat
November, 2001, injusticebusters' coverage of Munsen/Hatchen trial | Jury selection | Sheila Steele's letter of intention to City Hall | John Stackhouse's feature from the Canada's Apartheid series
July 16, 2001: injusticebusters slam Saskatchewan media for pandering
July 13, 2001: Khayfets charged with trafficking in Guttormson death; provincial Crown elects not to charge him
July 13, 2001: Give new chief clear mandate, SP opinion
July 12, 2001: Police version differs widely from story given by Bigsky's widow
July 12, 2001: Regina cops kill epileptic: Vernon Crowe
July 10, 2001: Scott whines -- and lies -- to the media, claiming a plot to get rid of him, July 5, 2001 | Police union takes its whining swipes
July 5, 2001: Jim Mathews from Calgary will act as Saskatoon chief until new one is chosen | StarPhoenix column by Les MacPherson on the last day Wiks was acting chief
June, 2001:Coroner's inquest to probe Naistus death, By Dan Zakreski, June 28, 2001
June 29, 2001: Vice-Chief Lawrence Joseph alleges 'Blue veil of secrecy'
June 22, 2001: Dave Scott fired
June 18, 2001: Jeffrey Bodnaruk receives 18 month sentence for raping three women
April 2001: The Zoorkan lawsuit: StarPhoenix and Saskatoon Police conspire to cover up Brian Dueck's participation in terrorizing of postal worker
Mar. 27, 2001: Judge denies gov't bid to toss Popowich claim
May 30, 2001: Allegations of police abuse put Saskatoon on Amnesty list,
May 29, 2001: Police say high speed chase suspect shot himself cbc,
May 23, 2001: McMillan Standoff eighth fatal police shooting
May 10, 2001: Startling Details Emerge At Freezing Death Inquest
Apr. 30, 2001: First newspaper account of Bigsky shooting
April, 2001: Something for the pain: First Nations people victims of easy access to drugs: the Darcy Ironchild inquest
March 13, 2001: Man faces methadone charge: David Ferris
Feb. 2001: Shooting up (drugs) in city reaches 'epidemic' level:
Feb. 19, 2001: Rodney Naistus' mother files lawsuit
Jan. 31, 2001: Judge orders halt to online publication of lawsuit details:
Jan, 28, 2001: Darrell Night sues police
Jan. 17, 2001: Judge not ready to unplug Internet site: City police, province told they may have to pursue publication ban elsewhere
January 13, 2001: Marissa Guttormson, 18, dies of methadone given to her by Ed Khayfetts
January 15, 2001: City police ask court to quash Web site,: 'Injusticebusters' vow to keep sharing banned details
Dec. 23, 2000: Before civic democracy could fight law, law won (Les Macpherson comumn on extending Dave Scott's contract)
Dec. 22, 2000: Scott decision high-handed, StarPhoenix editorial
Dec. 21, 2000: City, top cop shake on it: Critics deplore chief's extension as disrespectful
Dec. 20, 2000: Police had doubts on charging Martensville cop in sex case: court documents
Dec. 20, 2000: Police commission accused of 'hijacking' democracy: Chief stays on job despite mandate for change: councillors
Dec. 19, 2000: FSIN wanted more from Ironchild inquest
Dec. 14. 2000: Sister blames doctors in drug deaths: Coroner hints Ironchild collected prescriptions from various doctors
Dec. 13. 2000: Scott's contract decision delayed: Saskatoon board of police commissioners to hold further talks; will announce decision Dec. 29
Dec. 13, 2000: Inquest debates extent to which police should help intoxicated people. Cops failed Ironchild
Oct. 2000: Welcome to new Mayor, Jim Maddin | injusticebusters' advice to Mayor Maddin
Saskatoon's new police commissioners hornswaggled by old commission: C hief Scott rehired and given a raise!
December, 2000: Former Police Commission defends the old guard
Nov. 10, 2000: Residents to have say on policing: Public to be consulted on ways to improve service
Nov. 5, 2000: cbc sunday morning "The Long Walk Home |
Oct 26, 2000: Voters clean house: Maddin sweeps Dayday out of office
Nov. 2000: Webeditorial on Dueck
August, 2000: Saturday Night covers the Frozen Ghosts story: Dueck is source for police version of events
May 31, 2000: Natives to probe police 'brutality': FSIN commits $300,000 to independent investigation into treatment of aboriginalsMarch 29. 2000: Officers' hearing a private matter, gov't lawyer says
May 15, 2000: Chief Scott approves Zoorkan's actions, more or less telling Judge Laing to go suck a rope
May 12, 2000: Rod Wailing comes forward with his account of police attempts to drown him
May 11, 2000: City police owe explanations for recent 'policies', Les MacPherson column, May 11, 2000
May 10, 2000: Zoorkan off the hook for 'Rambo-type' inquiry: Chief rules no discipline needed, despite judge's comment
April 16, 2000: New probe of native deaths: Private eyes to investigate Saskatoon police (Toronto Sun)
April 11, 2000: Munson and Hatchen charged |
April 14, 2000: Hatchen and Munson to get Paid
March 23: Superintendent Dueck is back in the news, this time for threatening a citizen
March 22, 2000: FSIN hires shadow investigators
Mar. 21, 2000: Task force wraps up Night investigation: Justice Department to decide on charges
March 14, 2000: Former cop faces charge: Police 'trying to shut me up', ex-officer alleges after filing complaint
Mar. 10, 2000: Saskatoon Police Association Weighs in: Police suspensions appealed: Cop union says the two officers had a reason for dumping Native man outside the city| CBC report on Starlight tours including a 15 minute doc. for the National and a 5 minute video of police | Natives step forward to challenge authorities
Mar. 3: Jail alternatives key to justice system overhaul: Axworthy
Feb. 26, 2000: The infamous "Blue Lagoon Column": In 1997 column, Saskatoon officer described tough treatment of drunks
Feb. 23, 2000: Stonechild case closed: RCMP refuses to add 1990 Native death to its investigation of suspicious deaths | Police department racist: worker: Metis woman complains to human rights commission about employer's 'poisoned' work environmen
Feb. 22, 2000: Decade-old death resurfaces | RCMP seek help finding man last seen with Naistus | Axworthy refuses to call public inquiry
Feb. 18, 2000 :Dueck public spokesman for police excuse that they drive drunks out of town because we don't have enough detox centres! | Witness recalls Native man struggling with police : Man who sparked internal probe tells horror story | Large crowd attends candlelight vigil | Commission left in dark, Maddin says : Mayor doing poor job at providing information to members: councillor | Cop confronts racism charge : Suspended Saskatoon police officers identified
Feb. 17, 2000: Police chief under siege: Dave Scott reverses stance, calls for outside investigation | Retracing Rodney Naistus's footsteps up to the day he died | Dayday backs outside probe of deaths :Seriousness of allegations against police officers warrants outside investigation | StarPhoenix editorial: Chief's request only real option | Saskatoon under microscope :Man who sparked internal probe tells horror story | Globe and Mail Report by Dave Roberts |
Feb. 16, 2000 : City cops suspended: Police chief orders homicide investigation after Native men discovered frozen to death | Native leaders demand independent public inquiry
 
Dec. 1, 1999: Rennie Anthony Morton: Pepper sprayed and shot by RCMP
October 13, 1999: Beginning of Larry Fisher trial in Yorkton

Saskatoon has always insisted upon state of the art technology, particularly for its drug units. Local police do not face the same restrictions which national and international forces place on armies and other policing forces. Their brutal techniques have also been shrouded in a veil of secrecy which we hope will be stripped away with the SCC decision on gag orders. Citizens should be interested in just what is in the catalogues of weaponry the police services are now drooling over . . .

 

Dueck: Saskatoon's Main Bad Apple

Witness tampering in the Foster Parent case |

Dueck's responsibilities as head of the Criminal Investigations Division:
responsible for most of the detective/plainclothes officers within the Saskatoon Police. Sections within this division include: Special Investigations, Integrated Intelligence, Serious Crime, Major Crime, Polygraph, Identification,
Integrated Drug, Commercial Crime/Arson, Morality, Vice, General Investigations/Stolen Auto, Break and Enter, SHOCAP and Pawn Detail. Approximately 90 personnel work in this division. The CID Superintendent is also in charge of the Center for Children's Justice and Victim Services.

Anyone who saw the Fifth Estate program, Scandal of the Century, can see him in action: in his 1990 announcement that he has broken the scandal of the century, in his interviews with the children, and his evasive handling of producer Harvey Kashore, who he blows off by claiming he is on his way to a meeting.

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In fact Dueck has been responsible for the flow of drugs in Saskatoon in various capacities for a very long time. His first public gig after masterminding the Scandal of the Century (as shown on Fifth Estate Nov. 2000 and updated Jan. 2001) was to become a public decrier of the Ritalin problem in 1996. In 2001, Ritalin is being solf and injected regularly among school-age kids.

This self-important headline grabber disgraces Saskatoon, as well as contributing to our moral decay and distrust of authority.

Saskatoon Police have been out of control for a long time. See the Washington Post series on where the "Blue Wall of silence" can lead . . .
CBC Sunday morning's coverage , Nov. 5, 2000

Also see articles about Provincial Court Judge Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond who is shaking up the system by insisting all professionals do their jobs!

Coverage on Milgaard

Milgaard settlement | Milgaard cash deal appears imminent | Milgaard compensation deal may be near | Milgaard's mom 'flipping mad over payment: The $150,000 goes straight to the lawyers, Not David, she says, April 27, 1999 | Milgaard locked up, Committed to psychiatric unit in B.C.,April 30, 1999 | Nilson ready to talk :Milgaards pressing for compensation, May 1, 1999  

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